Trump promised during his presidential campaign to pull the USA out of the deal. Trump made good on his campaign promise to withdraw from the Paris agreement after months of internal struggle within the White House. The U.S.is the world's second largest greenhouse gas emitter and would otherwise have accounted for 21 percent of the total emissions reductions achieved by the accord through ... [Full Article...]

Hashim told investigators he knew "all the details" of the attack before it was carried out, and said he and his brother belonged to ISIS , the Special Deterrent Force said. Authorities have said they believe the plot was months in the making. The New York Times defended its publication of the photos saying they were neither graphic nor disrespectful to the victims. [Full Article...]

The prime minister ruled out appearing on televised debates soon after calling the election . "The movement in the polls over this campaign is bigger than in any election I've covered since 1945", veteran poll watcher David Butler said on Twitter . [Full Article...]

One of his requests - asking federal authorities to revoke permits for scheduled alt-right rallies in OR - got pushback from the American Civil Liberties Union and one Republican who suggested using militia groups to offer protection for the rallies. [Full Article...]

Trump denies any collusion between Russian Federation and his campaign and has questioned the veracity of the United States intelligence finding. Mike Dubke , an experienced Republican strategist, was hired in March to revamp the White House media strategy. [Full Article...]

The third candidate, Pakistan's Dr. Sania Nishtar , was eliminated in the first round of voting. Tedros, widely seen as having an in-built advantage because he can call on about 50 African votes, would be the first African head of the WHO. [Full Article...]

There have been no reports of injuries. Authorities evacuated three apartment buildings in the area after the blaze quickly spread through cars that were stacked on top of each other. Eyewitnesses told the Mirror they heard a "loud boom" from a neighborhood situated behind the Vatican. The huge blaze brought traffic to a standstill. [Full Article...]

An eighth-grader at San Ramon's Gale Ranch Middle School, Gopal correctly spelled phytocidal (something that kills plants), vicenary (based on the number 20), congeners (things belonging to the same genus) and devastavit (mismanagement of an estate's assets). [Full Article...]

Smaller parties, including the Scottish National Party and Northern Irish parties, could win 83 seats, the Times newspaper quoted YouGov as predicting. That fall came as the poll lead narrowed in the wake of a climbdown over controversial plans to make some elderly people pay a greater share over their care costs. [Full Article...]

Mr. Trump railed that the Paris climate agreement is a bad deal, is "draconian" and will cause business to grind to a halt. They say it's "crucial. After anonymous White House officials signaled for days that Trump would withdraw from the trade agreement, the leaders of Canada and Mexico ultimately persuaded him to renegotiate. [Full Article...]

Ariana Grande has broken her silence and has announced that she will put on a benefit concert for those affected by last week's terror attack during her Manchester concert. On Monday night, an explosion occurred outside the Manchester Arena at the end of Grande's concert, leaving at least 22 people dead and dozens more injured. [Full Article...]

National Park, and a ceremony was held to honor the 35th U.S. president at his gravesite at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. The President, speaking to newsmen in his White House office, November 2, 1961 in Washington, said he will order such tests only if they become necessary for security reasons. [Full Article...]

But Ivanka Trump , the President's top aide and daughter, pressed aides to look at the full picture when considering what withdrawal could mean. An earlier version contiues below. Meyer said he's "nervous" that the Trump administration is approaching the issue the wrong way. "It could potentially harm US businesses who are trying to compete with businesses from other countries in the explodin... [Full Article...]

Modi is also scheduled to meet King Felipe VI and a group of Spanish business representatives. File image of Russian president Vladimir Putin (left) with Indian prime minister Narendra Modi (right). Noting that the two countries signed a declaration on strategic Partnership in 2010 and elevated it to the level of a special and privileged strategic partnership, he said: "These documents are ... [Full Article...]

Its data was mediocre to poor, nonexistent, wrong. The former Democratic presidential nominee contended that the timing of WikiLeaks' release of the purported emails of Clinton campaign chair John Podesta - immediately after The Washington Post published "Access Hollywood" video of Republican rival Donald Trump making sexually explicit comments - was incumbent upon the direction of a knowled... [Full Article...]

The Afghan Interior Ministry said a suicide bomber had detonated the explosives hidden in a sewage truck at 8:30 a.m. local time. Rescue workers were digging bodies from the site hours after the explosion, many of them disfigured and charred, as anguished residents searched for missing relatives. [Full Article...]

According to the same report , Prime Minister Netanyahu opposes the move, arguing that political capital should not be wasted on minor measures, when there are greater and more significant measures to com. Trump's promise to preserve Israel's advantage came amid concerns in Jerusalem about the recently announced $110 billion US-Saudi Arabia arms deal. [Full Article...]

The New York Times first reported that Comey in February wrote a memo that Trump had asked him to shut down the investigation into former national security adviser. Any such requests undergo rigorous legal reviews. The House Intelligence Committee on Wednesday issued seven more subpoenas as part of its ongoing investigation into Russia's meddling in the 2016 presidential election and po... [Full Article...]

A total of eight people have been arrested in the U.K.in connection with Monday night's suicide bombing outside an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester , including two men arrested early Thursday morning, the Washington Post reports . [Full Article...]